Car-stake.



R. P. BORGA, DECD.

n.11. BORGA,ADMINISTRATB1X.

GAR STAKE.

APrLIoATIoN FILED JAN. 2a. 1913.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

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UNTTE STATES PATENT OFFTQ.

REGINALD P. BORGA, OF SOUTH NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TOSAMUEL W. LYONS, JR., 0F NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; DORA A. BORGA ADMINISTRA-TRIX OF SAID REGINALD P. BORGA, DECEASED.

CAR-STAKE.

inosi ,son

Application filed January 28, 1913.

To all iriom 'if may concern:

Be it known that I, Rheinau) l?. Benen, a subject oit the King ofNorway, but having declared my intention oit becon'iing a citizen ot'the United States, residing at South Norfolk, in the county of Norfolkand State oit Virginia, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Car-Stakes, ot' which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The primary object of this invention is to provide an unloading means bywhich logs and other long bodies piled upon one another on a tlat ear,may be discharged laterally without damage to attendants or harm to theload-conlining means.

The invention consists ot' partible or separable stakes, applied to thesides ot the car tor confining the load during transit, each stakecomposed of a member stationary on the car and another member detachablyconnected with the stationary member, and capable otl release therefromso as to swing out with and away from the escaping load, and adapted tobe replaced for another load.

The invention is capable ot' use in coiinec tion with ordinarystake-pockets, and it may also be used without such stake-pockets; andit is suseeiitible also of other variations.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a sideView ot' part oli' an ordinary vfiat car supplied with one torm of theinvention. Fig. 2 is an end View showing the stake released fordischarging the load. Fig. .is an elevation and partial section oit oneof the stakes. Fig. t is a similar view taken at right angles to Fig.Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the socket member. Fig. (S is an elevationot the upper end ot the latch member of the stake, showing upwardlyextending side walls to aid in alining the socket member. Fig. 7 is atop plan View ot' the latch member.

The partible or separable stake comprises two main parts, namely, asocket member 1, made hollow to receive a wooden or other stake 2 ot'any sort, and a latch member 3 adapted to tit in an ordinarystake-pocket 4t, or to be :t'astened to the side ot' the ear directly.The socket member has a hinge knuckle 5 projecting outwardly from itsfront and provided with an eye G; a flat portion 7 provided with a hole8, and a pecul- Specfcation of Letters Patent.

ltatented Hee. 16, 1913.

seriai No. 744,683.

iarly formed undercut :notch 9 at its rear. The latch member is made upot a casing 10, provided at its top with the pair of 0utwardlyprojecting hinge knuckles 11 between which the socket knuckle 5 fits,and the knuckles Ill likewise have eyes 1Q to aline with the eye in theknuckle 5 to receive a connecting pin 13 so as to connect the socket andlatch members. The parts 5 and constitute when united a knuckle-joint.One of the eyes '12 may have the notch lft to receive a key or spline or:feather 15 on the pin 13, and inside the knuckle is a groove 1li;X intowhich the key l5 turned, the notch 1li and groove '14X beingcontiiiiiations ol:e one another and 'forming substantially abayonet-joint slot. By this means the pin 'i3 is prevented fromaccidentally turning and working out. ',llie upper end ot the casing .l0is made with an ovcrhanging, hook-like lug lll, ot a shape to .tit theui'nlereiit notch t) in the socket meinberso as to retain the socket.nieinbe against vertical and lateral or torward displacement untilreleased. The

` lower end ot the casing is made hollow, with g one side 17 longer thanthe other to provide a tulcruin, and having an eye 17X to receive a bar:tor rel aising the latch, presently described, when tlie parts areoperated by hand. Vithin the casing 10 is a vertically disposed springlatch-bolt 18 adapted to engage the hole S in the socket membercoperating with the hook-like lug Yl() to hold that member in place whenthe connecting pin 13 is withdrawn.

19 is a plate to hold the spring bolt in the casing. This bolt has alaterally extended eye-pieee i2() extending substantially to the bottomlevelv olf the liilcriini side 17, so that a bar 2l. (see dotted linesFig. l) may be inserted therein and the iliilcruin used as such :t'orsaid bar to retract the bolt.

lt desired, a cross-pin 22 may be used to secure the latclnnieinber inthe stakepoeket 4t.

The stakes on opposite sides ot the car are secured by any suitabletying medium Q3, such as a chain, rope, wire, bar, or other device, asshown in Fig. 2. then the car is to be unloaded, the pins 13 arewithdrawn in any suitable way, and then the latch-bolts are released sothat the pressure ot the load will force the socket-members out otengagement, and these will ily out as indicated in Fig. 2, with the loadbut tfiee oil it.

Any suitable means may be used for releasing the latch bolts, in sets orotherwise, without liability of the attendant getting in the way of thefalling load. @ne such means consists of a rock-shaft 24: supportedbeneath the side sill and having as many arms 25 as there are bolts andconnected with the bolt eye-pieces 2O by links 26, so that by rockingthe shaft, as by a lever 27, the several bolts, of a set or otherwise,may be released simultaneously.

lt will be observed that the bolts and interlocking lugs and notcheshold the stakes while the pins 13 are withdrawn, and that the stakes donot separate until the bolts are released, and hence the unloading maybe effected with safety to the attendant. It will also be noted that nochopping away of stakes is necessary in unloading, and these stakesinstead of being buried under the load, swing clear of it, and so areready for re-use.

As shown in Fig. 6, the sides 28 of the casing may be extended upwardlyto about the height of the lug 1G, to aid in holding the socketmember inengagement with the latch-member.

there the stakes are used upon cars already in service, the bolts may bereleased by the bars, as already described, or they may have chains orhooks applied to them for the time being so as to be operated from theopposite side of the car.

lWhat I claim is l. A car stake, having a socket-member adapted to besecured to the bottom end of a wooden or other stake and a latch-memberadapted to be secured to the side of a car, said socket-member andlatch-member provided with interengaging parts, and means to disconnectthe two members so that the socket-member may swing outwardly from abovethe latch-member with and clear of the load.

2. A car stake, comprising a socket-member, and a latch-member, thesemembers having complement-al knucklejoint parts, connecting means forsuch knuckle-joint parts, and means to hold the members together whensaid connecting means is removed.

3. A car stake, comprising a socket-member adapted to receive a stakeextension, and provided with a knuckle, a hole in its bottom and a rearnotch, and a latch member adapted to be iitted to a car side andprovided with complemental knuckle-parts, a spring latch-bolt to engagethe hole in the socket-member, and a lug to engage the notch in thesocket-member.

et. A ear stake, comprising a socket-meinber having a hollow upper partand a bottom part made with an outwardly extending eye portion, a rearnotch and a hole between these two, and a latch-member having eye parts,means to engage the several eye parts, a lug to engage the notch and anintermediate spring bolt to engage the hole, and means to release thebolt.

5. A separable stake, composed of a latcl" member adapted to be fittedto a car an having a spring bolt, a fixed hook-like lug, andknuckle-joint parts, and a socket-meinbcr having a hole to receive thebolt, an undercut notch to engage the lug and a complementalknuckle-joint part.

G. A separable stake, composed of a latchmember adapted to be fitted toa ear and having a spring bolt extending downwardly and provided with areleasing` eye, a iixed hook-like lug, and knuckle-joint parts, and asocket-member having a hole to receive the bolt, an undercut notch toengage the lug, and a complemental knuckle-joint part.

7; A separable stake, composed of a latchmember comprising a casing oneof whose lower sides is extended to form a fulcrum, said casing adaptedto be fitted to a car and having a spring bolt, a iixed hook-like lug,and knuckle-joint parts, and a socket-member having a hole to receivethe bolt, an undercut notch to engage the lug, and a complementalknuckle-joint part.

8. A .separable stake, having a socketmember provided with aknuckle-joint part, and a latch-member having complemental knuckle-jointparts, said knuckle-joint parts having eyes, and a pin adapted to beinserted in said eyes and locked therein.

9. A separable stake, having a socketmember provided with aknuckle-joint part, and a latch-member having complemental knuckle-jointparts, said knuckle-j oint parts having eyes, one of such parts having abayonet-joint slot, and a connecting pin inserted in said eyes toconnect the part-s and having a key engaging the bayonet-joint slot tolock said connecting pin in place.

l0. A separable stake, comprising a stationary latch-member havingknuckle-joint parts, a spring latch, a hook-like lug, and upwardlyextending sides alongside the lug, and a movable and separable socketmember having a knuckle-joint part adapted to be connected with thecorresponding parts on the stationaryl member, a hole to be engaged bythe latch, and an undercut notch to be engaged by the lug, and fittedbetween the extended sides of the stationary member.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand this 27th day ofJanuary A. D. 1913.

REGENALD P. BRGA.

llritnesses GEORGE G. MARTIN, H. C. MANRY.

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